Google’s powerful AI focuses on human cognitive glitch: Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought
When you read a sentence like this, your past experience tells you that it was written by a man with a mind and a feeling. And, in this case, someone…
Two space startups licensed by IN-SPACE mark launch of India’s private space sector
The Indian Space Promotion and Empowerment Centre (IN-SPACE) has started licensing Indian private companies, marking the start of the private space sector in India. IN-SPACE is an autonomous, single-window nodal…
Google’s powerful AI focuses on human cognitive glitch: Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought
When you read a sentence like this, your past experience tells you that it was written by a man with a mind and a feeling. And, in this case, someone…
NASA launches ‘mini Hubble’ telescope from Australia’s outback
In the first of three planned launches from the Arnhem Space Center, the rocket carried technology likened to a “mini-Hubble” telescope, soaring about 350 kilometers (218 miles) into the night…
Jupiter may have eaten asteroids to accumulate metals: scientists
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with 2.5 times the mass of all the other planets combined. Most people will remember that Jupiter is mainly composed of…
Microbes found in low-oxygen, super-salty, sub-zero spring in Canadian Arctic
Scientists have managed to find signs of microbial life in one of the harshest places on Earth, furthering hopes that life might also be found in some unknown space environment.…
ESA’s MARSIS gets software upgrade 19 years after launch, says Mars exploration more efficient
The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Exploration (MARSIS) instrument on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft will receive a major software upgrade to increase its capabilities.…
Researchers develop nanoparticles that can deliver chemotherapy drugs to the brain, helping kill cancer cells
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a human tissue model to demonstrate the capabilities of nanoparticles. Cancer types like glioblastoma have a high…
NASA suspends Pysche mission, blames delays in delivery of navigation software
NASA on Friday suspended an asteroid mission, blaming a late delivery of its own navigation software. Psyche’s mission to a strangely metallic asteroid of the same name was due to…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter finds rocket impact site on moon, study says
Astronomers last year discovered the body of a rocket headed for a collision with the moon. The impact occurred on March 4, and the resulting crater was later discovered by…